Photo: Flavinista · CC BY-SA 4.0Ann Arbor reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Ann Arbor’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #183 of 266 graded towns in Michigan, and #99 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MI” is every other Michigan city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Michigan towns on Ann Arbor’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Pittsfield Township (C). Ann Arbor Township and Scio Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Ann Arbor’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.7 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Michigan (6.4) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Michigan
30.4 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (39 reported in 2025), below the rest of Michigan (46.0) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Ann Arbor reports less crime per resident than 70% (#99). Places like it ↓
A college town
Ann Arbor is home to the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, with 50,598 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 35% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Ann Arbor has 93,882 jobs based in town for 122,233 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ann Arbor’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (17.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Homicides and robberies
Ann Arbor’s police reported 2 homicides, 39 robberies and 361 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Michigan and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Ann Arbor | Rest of Michigan | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Ann Arbor | Rest of Michigan | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.4 | 53.1 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 39.0 | 54.0 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 20.3 | 46.1 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 31.8 | 37.9 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 17 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
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| Year | Ann Arbor property | Rest of Michigan property | Ann Arbor violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.2 | 18.7 | 3.1 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 3.1 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 17.2 | 17.4 | 3.0 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 16.9 | 15.6 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
2,439 crimes reported in 2025
361 violent and 2,078 property, as reported to the FBI by Ann Arbor’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
17 people died in crashes on Ann Arbor’s roads in 2019–2023
Ann Arbor had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 2.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Michigan towns of 100,000+ people (7.7, 8 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Ann Arbor and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor | C | 3.0 | 17.2 |
| Ann Arbor Township | — | — | — |
| Scio Township | — | — | — |
| Pittsfield Township | C | 2.7 | 19.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ann Arbor Township and Scio Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor | C | 3.0 | 17.2 |
| Sterling Heights | B− | 2.1 | 11.0 |
| Clinton Township | C | 3.1 | 14.1 |
| Dearborn | C | 2.8 | 19.5 |
| Warren | C− | 5.3 | 15.8 |
| Lansing | D− | 12.4 | 23.4 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Ann Arbor’s population (122,233), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Ann Arbor. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Ann Arbor’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (122,740 in 2025); our figure for Ann Arbor is 122,233 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Ann Arbor
Is Ann Arbor, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ann Arbor reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #183 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 3.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.5 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Ann Arbor?
3.0 violent and 17.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.5 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Ann Arbor?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Ann Arbor in 2025?
Ann Arbor’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Ann Arbor safer than Pittsfield Township?
Pittsfield Township reports more crime per resident than Ann Arbor: Pittsfield Township grades C for safety and Ann Arbor C. Pittsfield Township’s police reported 2.7 violent and 19.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ann Arbor?
Ann Arbor’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ann Arbor”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.